Police impersonation suspect arrested at BMW

A 24-year-old man accused of impersonating a police officer was arrested Thursday afternoon.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said a Duncan couple called 911 on May 8 after a man driving a silver Hyundai flashed his lights at them and tried to wave them to pull over on Highway 296. They said they didn't pull over, but when they had to stop at a stop sign and wait for traffic, the man got out of his car and approached them, yelling that they had been speeding.

The woman said she asked the man if he was a police officer, and the man said, "Yes, I am a police officer." The incident report said when the man asked what his name was, he replied, "Christopher King."

The man was able to provide deputies with the license number of the suspect's car.

On Thursday, a judge issued a warrant for King's arrest, and a short time later King was taken into custody at BMW in Greer.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office did not say why King was at BMW, only that they were told that was where he could be found.

King is charged with impersonating a police officer. He was being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center pending a bond hearing.

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